Translation examples
Ichabod, therefore, made his advances in a quiet and gently insinuating manner. Under cover of his character of singing-master, he made frequent visits at the farmhouse; not that he had anything to apprehend from the meddlesome interference of parents, which is so often a stumbling-block in the path of lovers.
Deßhalb ging er in seinen Bewerbungen in ruhiger und einschmeichelnder Weise vor. In seiner Funktion als Singmeister machte er häufig Besuche in dem Farmhause und hatte dabei von der Einmischung der Eltern, die so oft ein Stein des Anstoßes für Liebende ist, nicht das Geringste zu fürchten.
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